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BUSINESS BRIEFS.(A)
AEROSPACE/DEFENSE
Alliant, Boeing fall on shuttle halt
Suppliers fell as NASA grounded its shuttle fleet pending its Columbia probe. Alliant Techsystems, whose Thiokol unit makes rocket boosters for space shuttles, fell 12%. Boeing slid 1.5%, and Lockheed Martin 3%. The '86 Challenger explosion halted shuttle flights for 32 months.
** Alliant stood by its '03 profit and sales guidance issued Jan. 26.
INTERNET
LendingTree trimmed on refi fears
Fears that a refinancing wave will soon ebb trounced a strong Q4 report. The online mortgage firm beat views by 2 cents with 19 cents a share vs. a 29-cent loss last year, as sales grew 85%. It also raised its '03 outlook to 46 cents, 6% over views. The firm also will spend $10 mil in a sponsorship deal with Microsoft's MSN. LendingTree fell 16%.
- France - Canal Plus to cut 305 jobs.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire March 13, 2003 700+ words
(From RDSL Europe) Canal Plus, pay-TV unit of Vivendi Universal, has announced plans to cut 305...Studio Canal unit, with a further 251 jobs to be cut at Canal Plus SA, Canal Plus Distribution and CanalSatellite, according to Bertrand...
- France - Canal Plus makes Euro295 mil operating loss in 2002.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire March 7, 2003 700+ words
...Vivendi wrote off Euro5.4 bil of Canal Plus's value in 2002. CanalSatellite, Canal Plus satellite pay TV unit, added 220k customers in 2002...encrypted terrestrial channel. Canal Plus is due to announce job cuts...
- Canal plus, TPS join.(World News)(Canal Plus S.A.)(Brief article)
- Magazine article from: Daily Variety James, Alison January 8, 2007 700+ words
...controls the new entity via Canal Plus Group, which owns a 65% stake...Included in the entity are all of Canal Plus Group's pay TV activities...continues to be owned 100% by Canal Plus Group, Polish pay TV unit Cyfra Plus and the round...
- Canal plus capitalizes on Viv U coin.(Business)(Vivendi Universal, Canal Plus...
- Magazine article from: Daily Variety Klaussmann, Liza December 22, 2003 700+ words
...the second half of 2004, through Canal Plus' deal with fellow Viv U subsid...launch at the end of 2004. Hardware Canal Plus will develop its own decoders to...million sale of French-language pay TV unit Canal Plus Belgium to a consortium composed...
- UGC Europe ends talk on Netherlands.(World News)(will not acquire Canal Plus...
- Magazine article from: Daily Variety Edmunds, Marlene November 17, 2003 700+ words
...with Vivendi Universal to acquire Canal Plus Netherlands. The talks were being...first hurdle in its sale of pay TV unit Canal Plus Benelux. Belgian regulators have...carriage fees it claims it is owed by Canal Plus. Canal Plus claimed the fees...
- Belgacom opens talks for Vivendi's Canal Plus.
- Newspaper article from: The Daily Deal September 2, 2002 700+ words
...exploratory talks with French media giant Vivendi Universal SA about buying the Belgian assets of Vivendi's pay TV unit Canal Plus. Vivendi wants to sell certain non-core assets to reduce its high debt level. -- Brian Cattell www.TheDeal...
- France - Thomson breaks up Canal Plus Technologies.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire July 4, 2003 700+ words
...pressing ahead with plans to break up Canal Plus Technologies. The first sale...Thomson paid Euro190 mil to buy Canal Plus Technologies in 2002. Thomson...an alliance for the interactive TV unit of Canal Plus Technologies, which offers the...
- French revolution: Canal Plus profits.
- Magazine article from: Variety James, Alison September 8, 2003 700+ words
...an unlikely savior for' Canal Plus Group. The appointment as...determinedly restructuring the Canal Plus Group. In the past year, Italian pay TV unit Telepiu, the biggest drain on Canal Plus' finances, has been sold...
- Viv U sells Nordic Canal Plus TV.(Business)(Vivendi Universal to sell more...
- Magazine article from: Daily Variety Klaussmann, Liza September 10, 2003 700+ words
...Nordic pay TV operator Canal Plus Television to private...by parent Viv U to trim Canal Plus' European assets outside...loss-making Italian pay TV unit Telepiu to Rupert Murdoch...its 89% stake in Canal Plus Technologies to Thomson...
- NDS loses Canal Plus bid to Thompson Multimedia.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire September 26, 2002 700+ words
...thousands of consumers to view Canal Plus channels without paying...two parent companies of Canal Plus and NDS, Vivendi and...with its Stream SpA pay-TV unit to cut costs. And in...completion of the deal, Canal Plus's suit against against...
